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Accountancy Practice Launch Programme

You’ve started your practice. Here’s the first 90 days.

You know the numbers. This is the business behind them.

A clear, honest plan for getting set up, staying compliant, and winning your first clients. Free to use whether or not we ever work together.

Start the programme Prefer we run it for you?
10 modules
Work at your own pace
Free
The whole journey, at a glance

The 90-day map

Ten modules, four phases, one clear path.

Start with module 1
Day 0 · You are here
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Get set up

Days 1–10

Module 01

Choose Your Model & Niche

Your services, your niche, and fixed-fee pricing that pays.

1–2 days
Module 02

Money & Foundations

The route decision, a business account, professional indemnity, and a deliberate no to client money.

3–5 days (PC approval can take weeks)
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Get compliant & authorised

Days 5–30

Module 03

Get Compliant

The compliance you must have before you trade: AML supervision, the ICO fee, engagement letters, and an ethics baseline.

1–2 weeks
Module 04

Get Set Up With HMRC

Your Agent Services Account, agent codes, client authorisations, and MTD readiness.

1–2 weeks
Module 05

Stand Up Your Software Stack

The cloud accounting platform at the centre, plus practice management, tax software and security.

~2–3 days
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Get seen & get found

Days 20–50

Module 06

Your Brand

A compliant name, a restrained identity, and messaging that sounds like you.

1–2 days We can do this one
Module 07

Build Your Website & Client Portal

A credible practice site and a secure client portal, with enquiry capture wired up.

4–6 days We can do this one
Module 08

Get Found

Your Google Business Profile, the professional-body directories, local SEO and a steady flow of reviews.

~1–2 weeks to set up, then ongoing We can do this one
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Win clients & deliver

Days 30–90

Module 09

Win Your First Clients

Activate your network, build referral partners, market to your niche, and convert enquiries.

Ongoing, weeks to build We can do this one
Module 10

Onboard & Deliver Your First Work

Onboarding and AML checks, doing the work to deadline, filing, and getting paid.

Ongoing, hours per client
~Day 90 · Up and running

How every module works

Three calm steps, the same every time.

01 · Learn

Every module starts with why it matters — in plain words, no jargon, no filler.

02 · Do it yourself

Follow step-by-step guidance and real templates you can use straight away.

03 · Ask us

Or hand over the ones we build — your website, being found, your systems.

Who it’s for

New UK accountancy practices, in their first year.

  • Members going out on their own (ICAEW, ACCA, AAT)
  • Bookkeepers stepping up to a full practice
  • Small practices and new partnerships
  • Specialists picking a sector niche
A straight scope note

This covers the business of launching and running a practice: your setup, systems, website, being found, and winning clients.

It is not regulatory, tax, or compliance advice. For AML supervision, professional conduct, client money, or Making Tax Digital, your professional body, HMRC, and your PII provider are the right sources.

Who’s behind this

A small, founder-led UK software & web studio.

We’re Digital Royalty. Everything here is free to use, whether or not you ever work with us. When you’d rather hand any of it over — the website, being found, your systems — here’s how.

Get in touch

No sales pitch · no obligation · just a straight conversation